Trump’s Only Electoral Strategy Was Racism

Posted by on Jan 5, 2019 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments In the week before the mid-term elections, Donald Trump returned to his bread-and-butter issue: immigration. He knows that the only thing that will turn out his base, and possibly swing some independents over to his side, is fear. Economic indicators are in reasonably good shape (for now). Hillary Clinton is nowhere near power (for now). He can’t use the threat of North Korea’s nuclear...
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#MeToo Goes Global

Posted by on Jan 4, 2019 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments The famous tenor Enrico Caruso went on trial in 1906 for an incident at the monkey house in Central Park. He was accused of the indecent assault of 30-year-old Hannah Graham. Caruso in turn accused one of the monkeys of pinching the victim’s rear end. Other accusations of sexual harassment emerged at the trial. The newspapers called the singer “an Italian pervert.” He was found guilty and...
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The Best of All Possible Worlds?

Posted by on Jan 2, 2019 in Art, Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments Candide is the first and most amusing example of the powerlessness of positive thinking. In this 18th century novel by Voltaire, the naïf Candide suffers one misfortunate after another – kidnapping, torture, earthquake. Still he adheres to the philosophy of his mentor, Dr. Pangloss, who insists that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. Never has there been such a mismatch...
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The Dictator Dating Game

Posted by on Aug 9, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments Voiceover: Here’s the star of the show and your host, Steve Bannon! Applause. Steve Bannon: Thank you! It’s great to be back in the limelight. And welcome once again to the Dictator Dating Game. It’s time to meet our eligible dictators. And heeeeere they are! Dictator number one is famous for all those great photos of him shirtless in the wilderness — riding horses, shooting bears, and...
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World to Refugees: Go to Hell

Posted by on Aug 7, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments It’s a famous story, though perhaps not famous enough. The 1939 voyage of the MS St. Louis, a German ocean liner, was recounted in a 1974 book and a 1976 film (both titled Voyage of the Damned) as well as a 1994 opera. This history is not forgotten. Yet so many unfortunate people around the world are still doomed to repeat it. In 1939, the MS St. Louis carried more than 900 Jewish refugees...
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Killmonger’s World

Posted by on May 16, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments Donald Trump has now assembled a cabinet of men that have elevated violence to a supreme virtue at home and abroad. Men like Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Trump himself. They are all firm believers in armed domination. In this respect, they share an unlikely bond with Erik Killmonger, the villain of the movie Black Panther. He’s an angry orphan who has been rejected by Wakanda, the magical...
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